Quarter-boot for horses



(No Model.).

S. TAYLOR. QUARTER BOOT FOR HORSES.

N0. 275,872. Patented Apr.17,-1883.

NITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

SERELL TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

QUARTER-BOOT FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,872, dated April 17, 1883.

' Application filed February 21, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SERELL TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Quarter'Boots for Horses, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a quarter-boot embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of the open boot. Fig. at is a section in the plane of the line 00 a; of Fig.3, and Fig. 5 represents a modification in the construction of the toe-weight.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents a quarter-boot.

B is a soft flexible lining applied to the inner side of the quarter-boot A. This lining has a'depending tongue, a, and is stitched to the edges of the part A, the tongue at being left loose or free at its lower end, excepting as hereinafter set forth, but being connected at its upper end to the part A. In other words, the lining B and the tongue a constitute one and the same piece.

O is the heel-strap to which the lower end of the tongue a is stitched or otherwise fastened. I also deem it preferable to have the lining 13 extend above the part A, as shown. The forward ends of the boot A, I connect by means of a strap, I), and a buckle, b. The ends of the heel straps are provided with buckles c c.

D is a toe-weight. This weight has on it the usual hook or catch, D, for passing underneath the hoof, or between the hoof and the shoe, as represented.

E E are toe straps passing diagonally through openings in the under or lower part of the weight D, and buckled at their upper ends into the buckles c c. The lower ends of the straps E E pass through grooves in the hoof, or between the shoe and the hoof, and are enlarged or shouldered, as shown at d d, to prevent them from being drawn upward or outward from that position.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the toestraps pass diagonally through transverse grooves in the top or outer part of the toeweight.

It will be perceived that the quarter-boot A is, by the means described, flexibly connected or hinged at its rear portion to the rear part of the heel -strap, thus permitting the quarter-boot to adjust itself with facility to the movements of the foot and ankle, while it is at the same time firmly held in its proper place.

It is to be understood that the part A is to be made, as usual, of comparatively stiff leather. It is obvious, therefore, that the lining B renders the boot comfortable to the horse.

The heel-strap serves as a means of allowing the upper ends of the toe-straps to be fastened, and performs the double function, when combined with the toe-straps, of retaining the toe-weight firmly in place and of holding the quarter-boot in its proper place.

It is immaterial whether the toe-straps pass through or over the toe-weight. The strap 0, as will be perceived, is made in a separate part or piece from the part A of the boot, and that the tongue at is made in one and the same piece with the lining, and is a part thereof, the essential feature of this part of my invention beingthe connecting flexibly of the heelstrap to the boot by means of the flexible linmg.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. The combination of the boot A, havinga soft flexible lining, B, and the heel-strap 0, made in a separate part or piece from the boot proper, and connected thereto by means of said lining, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with a toe-weight and the heel-strap of a quarter boot, of the toestraps E E, arranged transversely and adapted to connect the forward ends of the heel-strap and retain the weight upon the foot, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination of the weight D, the straps E E, enlarged or shouldered at their lower ends, the heel-strap 0, and buckles for connecting the upper ends of the straps E E to the forward part of the strap 0, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

SERELL TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. HEISE, F. F. WARNER. 

